Hello,
Thanks for reading this....I have a 2011 Fiat 500c 0.9 Twin-air with a broken turbo, Its done 90,000 miles. The spindle bearings have collapsed and the impeller spindle is moving side to side like it shouldn't do - lots of play.
I have taken the unit off and stripped it down to find bent impeller fins and all sorts, due to the spindle nut coming off. I bought a second hand unit from eBay for £75 and basically made one good turbo out of two. I was so proud of myself! However it only lasted 5 miles and then I was back to square one - turbo back off and the spindle is rotating like a bent drill bit in a high speed drill. It appears that I did not centralise the cartridge properly when fitting the large circle back in place, therefore it was always going to be off centre at high speed.
I am looking at getting another turbo so thats fine....but I cannot find any details on the location or type of oil pump that this engine has? I would like to check or change both oil pump and turbo oil feed pipe but cannot find where they are?
Any help please would be most appreciated
R
Thanks for reading this....I have a 2011 Fiat 500c 0.9 Twin-air with a broken turbo, Its done 90,000 miles. The spindle bearings have collapsed and the impeller spindle is moving side to side like it shouldn't do - lots of play.
I have taken the unit off and stripped it down to find bent impeller fins and all sorts, due to the spindle nut coming off. I bought a second hand unit from eBay for £75 and basically made one good turbo out of two. I was so proud of myself! However it only lasted 5 miles and then I was back to square one - turbo back off and the spindle is rotating like a bent drill bit in a high speed drill. It appears that I did not centralise the cartridge properly when fitting the large circle back in place, therefore it was always going to be off centre at high speed.
I am looking at getting another turbo so thats fine....but I cannot find any details on the location or type of oil pump that this engine has? I would like to check or change both oil pump and turbo oil feed pipe but cannot find where they are?
Any help please would be most appreciated
R